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Warm world: Floods are our future

Article Sipho Kings - 2 Nov 2018

New research says the potential destruction of climate change has been gravely underestimated

Water Sector Advisory Panel on Weather and Climate

Article Advertising Supplement - 4 May 2018

Working together to restore human dignity through universal access to water and sanitation

Increasing our resilience to extreme weather and climate events

Article Staff Reporter - 4 May 2018

The purpose of the forum is to generate demystified and interpreted weather and climate information to assess the options and possible remedies

Mashaba concludes investigation into Jo’burg storm

Article Thulebona Mhlanga - 22 Mar 2018

On December 30 last year, a violent storm caused extensive damage to some 1 326 properties

Cities need a concrete plan for flash floods

Article Sipho Kings - 14 Nov 2016

Inadequate infrastructure and clogged storm water drains are costing lives as extreme weather patterns become more frequent.

World records are now being broken year after year, but this is nothing to celebrate

Article Sipho Kings - 17 Aug 2016

No, it’s not the Olympics, it’s the weather. July 2016 is the hottest month in recorded history and people are responsible this unnatural phenomenon.

Earth’s climate having a ‘complete blowout’

Article Sipho Kings - 30 Nov 2015

Nasa – which uses its satellites to observe climate change – has said this year will probably be the hottest on record.

Can you take the weather with you?

Article Staff Reporter - 29 Sep 2015

The technology for forecasting the weather has been getting more and more local in recent years. Now it's personal, writes Arthur Goldstuck.

Portable weather stations to fill data gaps

Article Brian K Sullivan - 16 Apr 2015

A simple tool could give meteorologists access to the world's information deserts, enabling data collection from large areas of the developing world.

Hermanus, the eye of the sunstorm

Article Staff Reporter - 19 Feb 2015

Scientists in the Western Cape town watch more than whales – they have a flair for space weather too.

Insurers seek shelter from the storms

Article Sipho Kings - 15 May 2014

Insurance claims and payouts are soaring as havoc wreaked by climate change in the form of violent storms, rain and hail continues to increase.

UN finds global temperatures continue to soar

Article Sipho Kings - 24 Mar 2014

The United Nations says that 13 of the 14 warmest years on record have occured since the turn of the new millennium.

Govt relieved as rainy weather begins to subside

Article Staff Reporter - 17 Mar 2014

Rain across SA has led to 32 deaths, 25 of which were drownings. But government is off high alert as the weather seemingly returns to normal.

Seven freeze frames of the polar vortex

Article Staff Reporter - 8 Jan 2014

US residents have shared some cool images of the Polar Vortex as subzero temperatures continue to arrest the country.

Global climate: Last decade warmest on record

Article Sipho Kings - 4 Jul 2013

On average, the global temperature is 0.9C higher than a century ago, while global sea levels are 20cm higher than in 1880, says a report.

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Warm world: Floods are our future

Water Sector Advisory Panel on Weather and Climate

Increasing our resilience to extreme weather and climate events

Mashaba concludes investigation into Jo’burg storm

Cities need a concrete plan for flash floods

World records are now being broken year after year, but this is nothing to celebrate

Earth’s climate having a ‘complete blowout’

Can you take the weather with you?

Portable weather stations to fill data gaps

Hermanus, the eye of the sunstorm

Insurers seek shelter from the storms

UN finds global temperatures continue to soar

Govt relieved as rainy weather begins to subside

Seven freeze frames of the polar vortex

Global climate: Last decade warmest on record

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